January 10th 2025, Khao Lak, Thailand

I woke up today in Khao Sok and went to the restaurant I had dinner last night for breakfast. I had a Thai omelette and a passionfruit juice. I had time to kill before my 11:20 bus to Khoa Lake so I watched a Harvard graduate quantum mechanics lecture which I will describe in a later post. Instead of staying around the National Park for another day and night, I found the small town of Khoa Lak as a way to split up the driving time to Phuket airport. I went to the bus station but my bus was delayed an hour. I went to another cafe to get wifi and order a Thai milk tea. The bus came around 12:30, an hour and a half late. The bus ride was easy and I arrived in Khao Lan around 14:30. I walked 20 minutes in the killer heat to my hostel because the five minute taxi was too much money. At my hostel I worked to revamp my website, putting in a lot of time and effort with Grok. At 1600 I went to train Muay Thai. I could not get a taxi so I asked the hostel worker to take me. She kindly drove me for free, even though I offered to pay. I had the most technical Muay Thai training yet. I trained 1-1 with an instructor. He told me how to angle my foot when I step forward before a bench, the proper angle to throw an elbow, and really helped correct my kicks. Before my kicks I would lean over and not have my leg completely straight. In Muay Thai you want to stand up straight and kick with the leg completely straight, which is a lot harder than it looks. I sparred boxing with a Canadian guy and got bopped in the head a couple times. He was good at getting punch combos to catch my guard down. After the 2 hour class I decided to buy a shirt from the gym since it was a nice gym, good class, and a solid shirt design. If you know e you know I am a sucker for a nice unique local cool shirt. Not much else I need to mention about the day. Khao Lak is a cool coastal town. It is still touristy but a lot more low key and authentic. Tomorrow night I head to the north of Thailand to leave the beach for some mountains.